Jonathan1257

Okay, but why are the files going into the trash to begin with? I don't believe they ever did this before, and I definitely do not want them there to be accidentally discarded with "real" trash.

No other software besides Audirvana and iTunes. I use XLD for ripping.

interestingly, yes, but I definitely never set it to look for it there. And even when I reset the location in the advanced tab to the hard drive, it changed back to the trash again. To update things: i ended up using Time Machine to reset my computer to a date before this problem. Worked fine. Also worked fine when I plugged in the Seagate USB drive. Oddly, when I plugged in the WD firewire drive and pointed iTunes to it, it rebuilt the library, then promptly put the files in the trash again. If I eject the drive, the contents of the trash go away. If plug the drive back in, the files are back in the trash. I ended up reformatting the drive and recopying the music folder to it, but I put the Seagate drive in back in and am using the WD just for backup. Seems to be working.

I have my music files on a Passport external hard drive connected via firewire. All has been working fine with a 2009 Mac Mini running Audirvana plus and iTunes. I happened to empty the trash bin last night. I was not paying that much attention before I realized it was deleting 4000 files. When I went to check the hard drive, all of my individuals album folders were there, but the tracks were gone. All that remained in each folder was a log file. Fortunately, I had a backup on another hard drive, so it was no big deal to copy the music folder back over to the Passport. What is weird is that, now, as soon as I plug in the hard drive, the music folder ends up in the trash AND iTunes thinks that is where it has to look for the files. If I go to the advanced settings and point iTunes to the hard drive, it cannot locate the files. FWIW, the iTunes library is intact. Also, if I eject the drive, the trash bin empties, too. What is going on???